Non-district draws for the Swedes will be Ord, Minden, Kimball and Ogallala. The Indians dropped to Class C-1 due to falling enrollment.

Swede coach Craig Haake said his top two requests for non-district matchups were Minden and Ogallala.

The two teams, along with Gothenburg’s district opponents, allow the Swedes to play all Southwest Conference schools in each of the next two seasons.

“I kind of like the idea of playing the traditional Southwest Conference schools,” Haake said.

The 193-mile road trip west this fall to Kimball isn’t something Haake is looking forward to.

“I like to stay along I-80,” he said, “but that’s a little farther west than I was thinking. I guess it could be worse.”

The Swedes will open the season both of the next two years with a Week 0 game against Ord, meaning the team will start competition a week earlier than most schools in the state. In 2010, that date is Aug. 27.

All of Gothenburg’s football games for 2010 have been scheduled on Fridays with the exception of the Week 8 game against Ogallala, which will be Thursday night.

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